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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
May. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip Andrew Norman, Hertfordshire, GB;
Peter Worthington, Hampshire, GB;
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 ;
Abstract
A submarine casing for a submarine cable is shielded by a metal sheath from the deleterious effects of hydrogen generated from a sea-earth by electrolysis. Cylindrical parts ( ) are covered by a wrapped metal sheet ( ) and tapering parts by a fitted or shrunk sleeve ( ) overlapping the sheets and having a metal lining ( ), making up the sheath.